27-03-2004, 04:51
Speaking from a videotape given to the Al-Jazeera network, Massoud, otherwise known as the 'Lion of Panjshir', issued a challenge from al-Qaeda to 'infidel regimes'.
"Your citizens are in terror, your governments shaken. Yet they still issue false threats of 'mobilization' to the world, even though they are scared of al-Qaeda's and Islam's might. Many nations have been humbled by the power of al-Qaeda's attacks. Many nations also have said they can destroy al-Qaeda, and yet they stand still, unwilling to commit their hand against a force of Allah.
To these nations, I say: Let them come. It is time for the great cowards of the West and the secular movements of the Middle East to finally come to terms. As they say in the US, they are great chickens, who squak at the though of facing al-Qaeda in a showdown. Let them come."
"Your citizens are in terror, your governments shaken. Yet they still issue false threats of 'mobilization' to the world, even though they are scared of al-Qaeda's and Islam's might. Many nations have been humbled by the power of al-Qaeda's attacks. Many nations also have said they can destroy al-Qaeda, and yet they stand still, unwilling to commit their hand against a force of Allah.
To these nations, I say: Let them come. It is time for the great cowards of the West and the secular movements of the Middle East to finally come to terms. As they say in the US, they are great chickens, who squak at the though of facing al-Qaeda in a showdown. Let them come."